The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper

The Boggart and the Monster (original 1997; edition 2004)

by Susan Cooper, Omar Rayyan (Illustrator)

Series: The Boggart (2)

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Title:	The Boggart and the Monster
Authors:	Susan Cooper
Other authors:	Omar Rayyan (Illustrator)
Info:	Aladdin (2004), Paperback, 192 pages
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Unfortunately this isn't my favorite Susan Cooper book. I prefer the timeless theme in The Dark is Rising, for instance. However, this is an imaginative, playful story, and is worth reading once. (

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ammie | Oct 29, 2009 |

The same, unadulterated Scotland that I fell in love with. (

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robble | Sep 30, 2006 |

This was a suprise find for a me a few years back. I enjoyed it maybe even more than the Dark is Rising series. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Susan Cooper	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Hirschfelder, Hans Ulrich	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rayyan, Omar	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Boggart (2)

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1997

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Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland, UK

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Set in the Highlands of Scotland, The Boggart and the Monster has all the trademarks of a first-class adventure: magic, high-tech expeditions, and mythical monsters. The boggart of MacDevon Castle, a mischievous shape-shifting spirit, spends his days happily playing tricks on the new owner of the castle. After discovering his old cousin Nessie miles down in the murky waters of Loch Ness, the boggart must enlist the help of a few human friends to return, with Nessie in tow, to his beloved castle. With a team of scientists hot on their trail, the MacDevon boggart and Nessie begin their adventure. Susan Cooper's inventive writing, infused with both scientific and magical elements, will captivate even the most disbelieving of young adults. (Ages 8 to 12)

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In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins.

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